WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
July 7, 2021 New Orleans Yes, the headline in an opinion editorial in Scientific American couldn’t have been clearer in its look at nursing home and similar care in the USA, saying “Long-Term Care is Broken.” In the shadow of the pandemic, it’s almost impossible to disagree, but what is being done about it …
New Orleans Leaders and members of Local 100 United Labor Unions finally had enough of working on the frontlines without proper protection against the coronavirus in nursing homes, supported living centers, human development centers, transportation, sanitation, cleaning, schools, head start centers, and public-facing offices. OSHA, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, requires every workplace …
Pearl River Nursing homes have been a huge source of deaths in the United States during the coronavirus pandemic. Local 100 represents a number of private and public homes, as well as other healthcare facilities, so has been with our workers at the razor edge. On a monthly basis, we continue to deliver PPE to …
Pearl River What’s the issue with masks? We see them everywhere and nowhere. United States Vice-President Pence toured a nursing home while in Indiana. They see a box of KN95 masks. Hey, here’s a good photo op, say he and his team. Let’s have the Veep look like he’s delivering masks to the nursing home, …